Tom Butterfield

Tommy Butterfield

Personal information
Born	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 37) Alotau, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2021 PNG Hunters 2 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007 Papua New Guinea 2009–18 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0 2015 Queensland Residents 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 6 January 2024

Tommy Butterfield (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played for the PNG Hunters and Brisbane Tigers as a hooker in the Queensland Cup .He is a Papua New Guinea international and was previously contracted to the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League.

Early years

Butterfield attended Redcliffe State High School and the University of the Sunshine Coast. ^[2]

Playing career

Butterfield was a Redcliffe Dolphins junior and played for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2012, he was approached by Whitehaven but the club failed to get Rugby Football League approval. ^[3]

Representative career

Butterfield toured Europe with Papua New Guinea in 2007. ^[4] He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 World Cup, but did not make the final squad. ^[5]

In 2009 he played for PNG against Australia's Prime Minister's XIII. ^[4]

In 2010 he played for Australian Universities Rugby League when they toured England and France. ^[6]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. "Butterfield among cream of crop in league". University of the Sunshine Coast . 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
3. Whitehaven sign PNG's Glen Nami and Jesse Joe Parker bbc.co.uk, 22 February 2012
4. Butterfield dons PNG colours Redcliffe and Bayside Herald, 30 September 2009
5. "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
6. Butterfield among cream of crop in league usc.edu.au, 19 October 2010

External links

• Redcliffe Dolphins profile